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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-05-27
FOREIGN.

THE tea trade at Shanghai is reported
to be nprecedentedly bad.
WILLIAM O'BRIEN, who is now painting
Canada green, has been elected to parlia-
ment by Cork constituency to fill
vacancy.
THE reichstag committee has adopted
the first clause of the brandy tax bill.
This action fore-shadows the passage of
the entire bill.
NEGOTIATIONS instituted by Lord Sails
bury are said to be on foot for resump-
ton of official relations between England
and the Vatican.
The strikes in Belgium are spreading.
Eighteen thousand workmeu in the cen
ter district have struck, and troops were
sent to the disturbed region.
SIR JOSEPH RIDGEwAY, the chief
British representative of the Afghan
boundary commission, has returned to
st. Petersburg and Moscow with a pock-
ct full of fresh instructions from his
government.
The French cabinet crisis had a de-
pressing effect on the leading European
bourses last week. American securities
continued strong and active at the Lon
don stock exchange.
article by General LIE Flo, formerly
French Ambassador to Russia, containing
the official correspondence relating to the
events of 1875, showing how Russia
prevented Germany from attacking
France.
THE newly appointed papsl nuncio to
Paris has received private instructions
from his holiness as TO the course he shall
pursue in order to effect composition
of the difference between the Vatican and
France. He leaves for Paris at once.
The Austrian government still insists
that the Vatican shall recall its permis
sion TO the Slav clergy of the empire to
resume their former liturgy. The holy
see promises satisfactory adjustment
of the matter.
The pope has approved some of the
| plans submitted by Cardinal Gibbons for
the proposed Catholic national university.
| He believes with the American Bishops
| that the administration of the universit Y
| should forever remain in the hands of
/ prelates, and leaves the question of loca-
/ ton open.
| II it predicted that the French cabin ct
crisis will be prolonged one. NJ. de
| Freycinet will probably be asked to form
government, although VI. Clemenceau
/ is strongly opposed to his resumption of
/ Office. The radical press calls upon the
| latter to construct a ministry, and the
/ opportunists demand General Bouianger's
/ dismissal
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-05-27
WISCONSIN NEWS

Waukesha is lighted by 500 electric
lamps.
jefferson will hsve two celebrations on
! July 4.
Marshfeld has 5000 inhabitants and
| nineteen saloons.
The blue berry crop in this state is ex-
| pected to belarge.
Copper and silver have been discovered
IN Marathon county.
The Third regiment will go into camp
| at Portage on the Goth of July.
"a military company has been organiz-
ed at Sheboygan Falls.
The Berlin washboard factory may be
removed TO New London.
The city attorney of Green Bay re-
ell yes salary of $3.50 year.
Ninety-one liquor licenses have been
issued in Racine this spriSg.
Work on the Sheboygan water works
Will be commenced next week.
There is said to be scarcity in Ap-
pleton of artisans in the building trades.
Marshtield now has one of the largest
saw mills in northern Wisconsin.
The sum of $4,000 was paid for site
for the Omro machine shops, at Osh-
kosh.
The Custer rifles, of Whitewater, have
received their new regulation fatigue uni
forms.
disease called black leg has broken
out among cattle near Racine. 1t gen
orally fatal.
Wausau, in all probability will soon
have five different railroads coming
ana going.
Nine Appleton boys were arrested for
bathing in the river within the city
limits.
GAINESVILLE expects to have the free
postal delivery system in operatiun by
June L
Manitowoc has a glue factory; 27O,O00
pounds of glue are manufactured annu-
ally.
Fears are now expressed that the logs
on the upper ST. Croix will be hung up.
One hundred applications have been
made for farmers Institutes during next
winter.
Gen. Phil Sheridan expects to spend a
part of the summer at Neenah and vi
cinity.
paper mill in Appleton turns out
nearly 10000 tons of paper IN twenty
four hour run.
man in West Depere owns COW
which it is said gives three quarts of clear
cream twice every day.
new railroad is talked of from Chip
pewa Falls up the Chippewa river to
Ashland. Thad Pound is Interested
1N-nr oil Af
seriously injured in a runaway, is pro-
nounced out of danger.
June is the date set for the opening
of the Crescent opera house at Fond du
Lac, and Nine. Modjeska is announced
for the opening night.
The Berlin high school graduation
class this year Will number 13 girls and
6 boys, 10 in all.
Sheboygan's police force will be in
creased and a new station house and
municipal court room provided.
1t is expected that more brick will be
manufactured in Racine county this year
than any previous season.
AT Beloit w. Geisman has become in
sane from the excitement attending his
work as member of the Salvation
army.
The Y. NJ. G. A. at Oshkosh proposes
to negotiate loan of $1,000 to pay cur
rent expenses.
A cheese store room has just been com
pleted at Sheboygan which has a capacity
of over 25O0O boxes.
The Whitewater Hook and Ladder
company has received a new outfit of
leather helmets and rubber coats.
After testing kerosene lamps for street
lighting purposes, Black River Falls has
decided to use electric lights.
The graduating exercises at the Pres
colt high school occur on the evening of
May 81 The class numbers five mem
bers.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-05-27
THE NATIONAL BUILDERS.

The Work of the Executive Committee in Chi
e3gO COmpleted-Whst They Propose
CHICAGO, May 24.-The executive board
of the national association of builders
left this evening after issuing an address
to the Builders ana Traders exchange of
Chicago and all the affiliated bodies of
the National association, and to the gen
eral public. An entirely new method of
dealing with workmen is involved, and
course of wholesale lockouts is advocat-
ed. The complete cessation of work
in ali the building trades of Chicago
as answer to the brick layers demand for
Saturday as pay day, is fully endorsed by
the board. The question is stated to
have been inconseque in itself had
it not been preceded by a long series
of usurpation by trades unions.
other cities the course pursued by the
builders of Chicago the board
proceeded to enunerate the encroach-
ments that must be reconqusred by en-
ployers The first is the concession by
which unions are able to prevent work
men not members of unions from OBJ
tanning work. The other encroachments
are the arbitrary powers of walking dele
gates, restriction of number of appren-
tices and the requirement that foremen
shall be union men. All branches of the
National Builders association are advised
TO assume ths same attitude as the Chi
cago men if the issue is forced upon
them.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-05-27
GENERAL NOTES.

The monument erected by the Gran
Lodge of Indiana Odd Fellows to the
memory of the late Vice President Col
fax was unveiled at Indianapolis, Wednes-
day, in the presence cf vast assembl-
age
The special committee appointed by
the United States senate to investig ate
the canceling of Indian traders licenses
is row junketlng in the southwest and
hearing testimony when it can find moth
ing else to do.
WILLIAM O'BRIEN addressed meeting
of fifteen thousand people in Queens
park, Toronto Tuesday. There were
some disorderly manifestations, but with
ont more serious results than few brok-
en- heads.
who has just returned from another
prised and delighted with what he saw"
He predicts that 1.-The great boom of the
south is near at hand"
JOHN FITZGERALD, as president of the
Irish National League of America, has
sent cable message to Mr.. Gladstone
cordially inviting him to visit this coun-
try the coming summer.
REVIEW of the business of representa-
tive railroads since the interstate com
merce went into effect shows a material
gain IN both net and gross revenues, the
latter amounting to 17.5 and the former
to 25.S per cent.
SYNDICATE of Pittsburgh capitalists
has leased four thousand acres of land
In Adams county, INDIANA, and will bore
for natural gas. The lands lie in di-
rect line between Marion, Indiana, and
Findlay, Ohio, where rich strikes have
been made. If gas is found in sufficient
volume, it will be piped to Fort Wayne,
a distance of twenty-five miles.
JOHN A. LOGAN. JB, and his bride re
turned from their wedding Monday, and
Mr.. Logan will at once enter upon the
active management of the extensive lime
stone quarries near Youngstown, Ohio,
purchased by his father r-in-law, Mr..
Andrews, in which he holds a half in
terest.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-05-27
THE LATEST TELEGRAMS
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

The wholesale paper house of Kersted
d Peters, at Omaha, was destroyed by
fire Monday morning. The insurance ap-
proximates $4,000.
THE British steamers Caldera and
Georkha collided near Suakim, and the
former was sunk. There was no loss OF
life.
FOREST fires on the east fork of the
Black River, in Wisconsin, have destroy
ed $3,OOO,O0O feet of logs belonging to n.
B. Holway.
FIRE Thursday morning in Tillotson's
paint works, at College Point, l.. l., caus-
ed loss of $75,C00. The insurance ag-
gregates $4,000.
A SAILING boat, containing party of
pleasure-seeke capsized during squall
on Traverse bay, near Harbor Springs,
Michigan, Sunday, five of the eight pas
sengers being drowned.
GEO. MUIR, of Albany, n. Y, committed
suicide at Albuquerque, n. NJ, Sunday,
by cutting his throat, and then attempted
to drown himself, but died from loss of
blood. He was a military telegraph oper-
ator, and failure to effect reconciliation
with his wife is supposed to have caused
the tragedy.
WALTER WELLS, of Minneapolis, went
to South Bend to claim the remains of
hir sister, who committed suicide several
weeks ago. The body had, under the law,
been given to local physician for dis
section. Wells sought the physician, in
tending to kill him. Failing to find him
he blew his own brains out.
REPORTS that the fire which has been
smoldering for years in lower level of
the Consolidated Virginia and California
had been got under control excited the
San Francisco mining market
Tuesday, dealings being active at high
prices for the entire list. There were
heavy transactions, and the market ruled
firm at the close.
ABOUT two thousand people are suffer
ers from the fire that destroyed the town
of Lake Linden, Michigan, Friday night.
One person was burned to death. APP
peals for aid are made on behalf of the
victims. The town of Ironwood, Michi
gan, is threatened with obstruction, and
many villages and towns on the Gogebic
Iange are also in danger. Forest fires
are still prevailing in various parts of the
northern peninsula, and the aggregate
losses will reach high up into the mil
lions.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-05-27
STREET.CAR HORSES.
Good Horse VIII Last Only Four or Five
NnorC
New York Commercial Advertiser.

Years.
New York Commercial Advertiser.
Few people stop to think under how Sc
we're a strain the horses that draw our
street cars labor. They are generally
driven at brisk trot, and the frequent
stops are too brief to afford them any
rest. In fact the oftener horse with a
heavy load stops, simply to start again,
the worse off he is.
"a good horse will last in this business
four or five years" said Broadway car
driver the other day. Unusually good
ones may stand it no longer, but they are
much more apt to give out Ia shorter
time. Sometimes they go all 10 peices
in two or three months. That gray horse
there as been working to the cars for
over three years and he seems just as
good as ever. A match to him, bough
at the same time, didn't last two months"
How do they usually become affected ~
was asked
'Very often the fore feet give out.
Sometimes the shoulders become diseas-
ed. OF course you know that a horse
strikes his fore feet much harder than
he does his hind ones. So when he is
driven at live gait, with little time to
rest, these hard stone wear the feet to
the quick or cause a tenderness in the
shoulder. If the shoulders 20 lame first,
we drive the horse little while at night,
when the people cant see him limp.
When he gets to bad. he is sold. If his
feet go, the company gets rid of him as
soon as possible.
ga great many horses seriously injure
themselves by slipping and falling in the
winter. Sometimes these horses have to
killed. Collie takes off great many.
The death of very large majority of
street car horses may be traced to the
accidents and necessities of the service.
They must be driven pretty fast or peo-
pie wouldn't ride. So the weak ones soon
fall victims, and the strongest are lucky
if they live long enough to be sold to
some farmer, and go to the country to
end their days in comparative peace"
"Then that's where the broken down
horses go, is it?''
"Yes. Many horses that are useless on
our paved streets do very well on farm.
Their sore feet and shoulders improve
very much when they are driven over soft
ground.
Hundreds of horses are sold to farm
ers every year by the street-car compan-
les. They are nursed and doctored up
by their rural purchasers until they be-
come very respectable-looking animals
again Thas the farmers get much good
work out of horses that couldn'. earn
their oats here, and they can buy them
cheap, too. 1 have heard that some of
these couptrymen make business of
buying up broken down street-car horses,
doctoring them, and reseliihg them 10
other con- panies at high price. OF
course ii Is only short time before doc
tored horse is again worthless here, and
then the farmer comes around and buys
him back at his own price. This is kept
up as long as the poor beast can be made
70 put on a respectable appearance.
There're some queer doings in this world
of ours," said the driver, as he whipped
up the poor beasts SO as to get to the
City Hall on schedule time.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-05-27

From Philipsburg, Pa, Mr. S. NJ. Cross
writes, briefly and pointedly, thus: 'Your
St. Jacobs Oil hiss cured me of neuralgia
of the face and head" Price Fifty cents.
At meeting of the Physiological So
ciety of Berlin it was given as fact that
when the bee has filed his cell and has
completed the lid drop of formic acid,
obtained from the poison bag connected
with the sting, Is added to the honey by
perforating the lid with the sting. This
formic acid preserves honey and every
other sugar solution from fermentation.
Most of the insects that have a stinging
apparatu. similar to that of the bee, are
collectors and storers of honey, so the
sting has double function-it is a veap-
on and piekle.-From Or. Foote's Health
Monthly.
Mr.. h. Carl, 139 Fourth Street, Troy,
n. Y. says: "My daughter had sprained
ankle; ST. Jacobs Oil cured her in day
or two. Ny son had rheumatism about
nins years ago, st. Jacobs OH cured him; |;
he has not been affected since" Price
Fifty cents,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-05-27
OFF-HAND ANOWALS.
Some Humorous Instances Of quick ClimaXea
of COurtship.
NaW York News


A young man at church bazaar was
button -holed by lady; she would not let
him go until he bought something. He
looked at her stall which contained fancy
work of various kinds.
"Why," he said, II see nothing here
that would be of the least use 10 me, a
bachelor, except yourself, The rest
wolld be dear to me at any price"
Twill be cheap enough" she said
coaxiugly.
"If you could be dear enough per
haps-"
"Oh, come! you arc just the person !
want taking him by the arm. She sold
him one article after another, keeping
up an agreeable conversation the while,
and before all was done he had purchased
everything in the stall. Then, in set
tling up, there was something SAID about
discount
81 can not return any money" she said
blushing, but if you think me dear
enough, there's mamma; she may give you
my hand"
The bargain was accordingly con
cluded.
An eminent doctor, who had saved the
life of a lady, personal friend, was ask
ed his charge. He said he generally al
lowed his patient friends TO remunerate
him as they thought befittingE "But don't
you often get disappointed on these
terms? 2" she inquired. 81 may say never"
"As you are SO easily pleased, here" and
she playfulIy gave him her empty hand,
while in the other was concealed check
for handsome sum. How easily j
could have taken you in" she added,
producing the check. But you have only
succeeded in drawing me out" he said,
declining to relinq uish her hand; "don't
insult me with check: am most gensr-
oualy rewarded" Perhaps she understood
the doctors difficulty and wished to help
him out of it; at and rate, the giving of
her hand led him TO offer his heart.
lady with fine figure having taken
fancy TO valuable ring which she saw
ticketed in show-winaow, went inside
to examine it. at is exceedingly lovely;
I wish it were mine," she said, on satisfy
ing herself: what smaller figure could
tempt you?'' mo other figure than the
figure before me-" he said giving her an
admiriug look at the same time; sit is a1-
ceedingly lovely; wish i could tempt
you with the ring" II think I'll take it,"
she said, laying down the money amid
bushes. OF course he accepted the
bnt- ScbeiAS lSi o0oitoSJ hr hlodc
such good use of the hint that the next
ring she go: was given by him in church.
A lady in a railway train kept looking
out of the window, with her head for
ward until she remembered that the gen
tlenan opposite might possibly object.
aDo cgt of the view" she asked.
Merely of all do not wish to see, he
replied, ,galiantly. The ice having been
thus broken, they were to get out a. the
same station and knew each others
friends. The rest was plain sailing into
what somebody calls '.the matrimonial
heaven"
s.Are you married yet, Kitty 7" said
sailor, after meeting an old acquaintance
after returning from long voyage. no;
that somebody has never come" 1,Ah,
then, have brought him, after deal of
bother" he said, throwing his arms
around her, and the matter was there and
then settled.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-05-27
Conducted to the Frontier.
Youths Comp anion.


4 French traveller in this country last
summer gave an account of visit which
he had to Russia, to illustrate the manner
IL which the Government of the Czar
guards and preserves its power.
In 1863 Monsieur de BAN elder
brother of the narrator( spent some time
in Russia, and on returning to France
published an account of his travles, with
some stringent comments on the ccndi-
tion of the lower classes. The book was,
of course, prohibited in Russia, and had
but limited circulation in France.
1t long ago dropped out of public no.
tice.
In 1883, just twenty years later, the
younger brother of the author, in max
ing tour through Europe, came to St.
Petersburg.
Il arrived" he said, "at night, and was
driven to hotel. The next morning an
officer in gorgeous uniform called on
me, and after an Introduction and most
ceremonious salutation, inquired, ssYour
name, believe, is Monsieur de B.,
Yes
"'From the province of Blank in
Frances?
"I assented.'
"' A kinsman, it may be- with still
more profound bows, to'Monsieur de b,
| who, in 1863 published certain volume
entitled?' p giving the name.
He is my brother" replied. What
of that:
Nothing. But have the honor to
be detailed to accompany monsieur to
| Mcneil
But 1 am not going to Memel: l am
| going to travel through Russia
| Pardon, with the most extreme
suavity, monsieur is going to Memel by
the noon train, and these gentlemen and
''yself will bear you company" He
! opened the door: two gendarmes were in
! the corridor.
| 1T was useless to resist. He accompa
MED me to the train, sat beside me, that
l might not speak to any other person
was civil, but a iailer. At Memel he tool
| leave of me with the utmost courtesy.
Monsieur is now outside of Russia.
! he said. A mere hint is sufficient to 6
person of his intelligence. He will prob
ably remain there
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-05-27
LIE FI,.ppEn QUICKLY

Mr.. Gould says: Always buy a road
with a FUTURE" that the way he made his
money was by investing in railroads that
had future and working 'em up" But
why Is Mr.. Gould not as careful about
his political investments? lie put good
deal of money into the republican barrel
IN the last presidential campaign, yet the
republican party had no future.-Chi-
cago Times.
When forty thousand angry New York
democrats started for the Western Union
offices few days after the national cleo
ton, the suddenness with which the New
York Tribune's lying figures were dropped,
and the soonness with which Gould sent a
dispatch to Cleveland congratulating him,
and the swiftness with which the boss old
har-the associated press-gave the
country the truth, all tend to prove that
Gould gets on the side of the future when
he can. , 9
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-05-27
The Queen of Flowers.

ITslElt fdTUlST.
The rose has been the queen of flowers,
and florists of the present day bend every
effort to have them at all seasons, and of
all colors of the rainbow but blue. This
color he lays no claim to be able to pro-
duce; though every now and then some
empiric fitches thu golden dollars from
the pockets of the credulous and sells
what he pretends is the blue rose. All
horticultural signs indicate that such a
color is an impossibility in the dahlia or
the rose; so all high prizes offered for
either of these will probably never havs
to be redeemed. But are not natures
colors fifty applied? Suppose there
were a rose of the deepest indigo blue,
who will say that it would add one iota
to its charm, or that it would be anything
but passing wonder, to be laid aside
when all novelty had worn off-of no
more account than anomaly which
couple of generations ago astonished the
flower world, double green rose. blue
gentian, larkspur, violet, for-get-me- not,
or even a blue cardinal flower, are all
charming in their way; some harbingers
of spring, and others charming our mid
summer rambles, while the gontian
closes the floral year, often peeping
bhIOuSh uISJ 1dll Vi SuOWs hOStS are
not plentiful in our city gardens, or even
in our parks.
Last year the Lincoln Park (Chicago)
gardener made some effort this way by a
gorgeous bed of the choicest Remontant
roses. But for his temerity he had to
protect his bed by a wire fence. The
plateaus of picture gardening on the
green grass, the monstrous beds of color
around the fountain, or at the end of the
walk, were all safe, but a bed of grand
roses was too great temptation for
thoi who see them generally only in the
florists windows
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-05-27

married a wife three days before and
hved pleasantly with her He ate his
dinner with her yesterday noon, but on
going home at night found a notice on
the front door: TRY the back He
ts'ed the back, and on getting into the
house found letter which informed him
that she had married man nine months
before and must have been crazy when
she married again. She had received a
telegram from her first husband to come
20 MIN, and to prevent trouble she had
gone, and her second husband would
never see her agsin. The poor man was
terribly cus up at the loss of wife. sud
did not know what TO do about in
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-05-27
A Sea Sick Passenger

on the ocean, cares little about a storm. He is
positively indifferent whether he Is washed over
b ard or not. But set right by a winegiassful or
two o. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters he feels re-
newed interest in his personal safety. This fine
corrective neutralizes in brackish water-often
compulsory drank on shipboard, to the grievous
d@triment of health-the pernicious impurities
which give rise to disorders OF the stomach, liver
and bowels. To the mariner, the tourist, the
western pioneer and miner, the Bitters is invalu-
able as a means of protection against malaria,
when its seeds are latent in air and water. To
the effects of overwork, mental or manual, it is
a most reliable antidote, and to the debilitated
and nervous, it affords great and speedily felt
lief and vigor